EU expert group seeks to diversify pork exports

Published 2023년 1월 23일

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The Pork Reflection Group, which includes representatives from EU Member States and various agricultural organizations, has issued a final report calling for changes in the European Union's pork industry. The report emphasizes the need for EU pork producers and processors to diversify their export markets, reducing dependence on large buyers and unreliable partners, especially China. It also urges strengthening cooperation among pig farmers through producer organizations and cooperatives, with support for family farms to prevent the concentration of pig production. The report highlights the importance of sustainable manure management, emission reductions, and biogas solutions based on manure, residues, and waste. It also stresses the need for improved biosecurity measures in the pig sector, including support for wild boar hunting and development of African swine fever vaccines for both wild boar and domestic pigs.
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In order to stop the ongoing concentration of pig production, cooperation between pig farmers through producer organizations should be strengthened. Do not make exports dependent on large buyers Pork producers and processors in the European Union must diversify their outlets more in third countries. This recommendation can be found in the final report now presented by the Pork Reflection Group, which has been meeting for about nine months at the initiative of EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski. In the report, the group calls for a significant reduction in dependence on several target countries, especially unreliable partners. This is probably especially true of China, whose pork imports were exceptionally high in 2020 and 2021, but then collapsed in 2022. Increased cooperation with producer organisations Regarding the socio-economic dynamics of the sector, the Reflection Group recommends strengthening cooperation between pig farmers through producer organizations and ...
Source: Farmer.pl

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